Immune and spermatogenesis-related loci are involved in the development of extreme patterns of male infertility

We conducted a genome-wide association study in a large population of infertile men due to unexplained spermatogenic failure (SPGF). More than seven million genetic variants were analysed in 1,274 SPGF cases and 1,951 unaffected controls from two independent European cohorts. Two genomic regions wer...

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Autores principales: Cerván-Martín, Miriam, Tüttelmann, Frank, Lopes, Alexandra M., Bossini-Castillo, Lara, Rivera-Egea, Rocío, Garrido, Nicolás, Lujan, Saturnino, Romeu, Gema, Santos-Ribeiro, Samuel, Castilla, José A., Carmen Gonzalvo, M., Clavero, Ana, Maldonado, Vicente, Vicente, F. Javier, González-Muñoz, Sara, Guzmán-Jiménez, Andrea, Burgos, Miguel, Jiménez, Rafael, Pacheco, Alberto, González, Cristina, Gómez, Susana, Amorós, David, Aguilar, Jesus, Quintana, Fernando, Calhaz-Jorge, Carlos, Aguiar, Ana, Nunes, Joaquim, Sousa, Sandra, Pereira, Isabel, Pinto, Maria Graça, Correia, Sónia, Sánchez-Curbelo, Josvany, López-Rodrigo, Olga, Martín, Javier, Pereira-Caetano, Iris, Marques, Patricia I., Carvalho, Filipa, Barros, Alberto, Gromoll, Jörg, Bassas, Lluís, Seixas, Susana, Gonçalves, João, Larriba, Sara, Kliesch, Sabine, Palomino-Morales, Rogelio J., Carmona, F. David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36357561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04192-0
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Sumario:We conducted a genome-wide association study in a large population of infertile men due to unexplained spermatogenic failure (SPGF). More than seven million genetic variants were analysed in 1,274 SPGF cases and 1,951 unaffected controls from two independent European cohorts. Two genomic regions were associated with the most severe histological pattern of SPGF, defined by Sertoli cell-only (SCO) phenotype, namely the MHC class II gene HLA-DRB1 (rs1136759, P = 1.32E-08, OR = 1.80) and an upstream locus of VRK1 (rs115054029, P = 4.24E-08, OR = 3.14), which encodes a protein kinase involved in the regulation of spermatogenesis. The SCO-associated rs1136759 allele (G) determines a serine in the position 13 of the HLA-DRβ1 molecule located in the antigen-binding pocket. Overall, our data support the notion of unexplained SPGF as a complex trait influenced by common variation in the genome, with the SCO phenotype likely representing an immune-mediated condition.

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